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T. D ANAGNOSTOPOULOS. BLANK FOR FORMING ORNAMENTAL OBJECTS.

APPLICATION men MAR.22,1919.

1 ,326,1 62. Patented Dec. 30,19l9.

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THEODORE D. ANAGNOSTOPOULOS, OF EUNICE, LOUISIANA.

BLANK FOR FORMING ORNAMENTAL OBJECTS.

Application filed March 22,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Trrnononn D. ANAG- NOSTOPOULOS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Eunice, in the parish of St. Landry and State of Louisiana, have invented certain new v and useful Improvements 1n Blanks for Forming Ornamental Objects, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to forming ornamental objects and particularly to the formation of stands, vase supports, candle supports and other like objects of bent sheet metal strips.

The general object of this invention is to provide a very simple form of blank so constructed that by proper bending it may be formed into many di'lferent objects, each one differing in detailed contour from the other. 7 y

A further object is to provide a blank of thiseharacter comprising a medial portion from which extend in opposite directions a plurality of integral strips, the medial portion and the strips being flexible or bendable, the extremities of the several strips being slitted to provide each strip with a plurality of relatively smallerbendable tongues, which may be coiled, formed into convolutions or otherwise formed to provide ornamental finials.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a perspective vlew of an ornamental structure completely formed; and

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the blank from which the structure shown in Fig. 1 is formed.

Fig. 3 is a: perspective view of the partially formed blank.

Referring to Fig. 2, it will be seen that the blank from which the article illustrated in Fig. 1, is constructed comprises a rectangle of relatively thin, readily bendable, sheet metal which is designated generally 10. This blank is formed to provide a medial portion 11 of any desired width and length, depending upon the article to be made, and from the medial portion 11 extend a plurality of strips, certain of these strips 12 extending in one direction while correspondingstrips 13 extend in the opposite direction. These strips are formed by longitudinally slitting the sheet metal blank on the lines 14.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 30, 1919.

1919. Serial No. 284,359.

At one end the medial portion 11 extends beyond the side of the sheet metal rectangle, as at 15, but at the other end the medial portion 11 terminates even with the side edge of the blank. Each of the strips 12 and 13 is longitudinally slitted to provide a plurality of tongues 16. I have illustrated these tongues as being three in number for each strip, though more or fewer of these tongues may be used. Each of these tongues is illustrated as being of the same length, though this may be varied.

The blank illustrated in Fig. 2, may be used for formin a variety of different ornamental and useiiul objects, but I have only illustrated one form into which this blank may be shaped. Fig. 1 illustrates a vase holder and to form this vase holder the blank illustrated in Fig. 2 is bent upon a mandrel for instance and on the dotted lines a so that this medial portion may form four sides of a square body A. The projecting portion 15 will overlap one of these sides so as to entirely close the joint which would be formed at the corner of this square body A.

The strips 12 as shown in Fig. l, are bent outward approximately at right angles to the body portion A so as to form legs, the extremities of these legs being downwardly bent approximately at right angles to the body of the strip as at 6. These legs may be curved or angularly bent along their length,

. if desired, to give a more ornamental charactor to the legs and the terminal tongues 16 are adapted to be so bent that the outer terminal tongues will form convolutions or coils 0 and the medial tongue is illustrated as bent upward and backward in a curve as at d and then coiled to form an ornamental terminal portion.

In order to form a support for a vase the strips 13 are bent outward at their point of junction with the body A and then extended upward or upward and outward as at B to form arms adapted to embrac and hold the vase. These arms may be slightly curved or angularly bent in order to give them a more ornamental character or to cause them to conform more closely to the contour of the vase and at the upper ends of the arms the tongues 16' may be bent in the manner illustrated to provide ornamental finials e.

As I have stated, the blank shown in Fig. 1 is adapted to be used for forming a large number of different designs and the design shown in Fig. 1 is purely illustrative of one of these designs. Blanks of this character may be sold and then readily formed by amateurs into the desired structure with a minimum of labor and may be made quite ornamental. While designs may be furnished whereby an amateur or tyro may bend the blank to form an ornamental structure, it is obvious that considerable room is left to individual initiative in the formation of designs. It is also obvious that other blanks constructed on the same Pl'lZlCiPlt-I as that illustrated in Fig. 1 might be formed and so constructed that other objects might be bent up from it. It is also obvious that by changing the proportions oi? he tongues 16, the number of these tongue-l or the form of the tongues, that finials oi a different ornamental character can be formed by a slight bending process. The blank of sheet metal while lending itseli to the production of certain standard general structural forms, yet permits individual talent or artistic sense to be used in the final contours or configurations given to these structural terms.

In the actual use of this invention, the blank shown in Fin. 2 will be bent upon the lines a-a so as to form a square, elongated, hollow, body joined at the middle, but on each side of th middle divided at the corners oi the slots or cuts 14-, (as shown in Fig. 8) the tongues 16 being either left plain to be afterward bent up, or being bent initially in any desired pattern. The blanks so bent up are then in such form that they may be used to produce a variety of ornamental. objects, before indicated, by a simple bending of th parts 12 and 13 into positions akin to those shown in Fig. 1.

Thus, these partly formed blanks may be sold in this condition for further manipulation to produce the final ornamental object.

he blank also forms a ready means whereby manufacturers may turn out ornamental structures of this character at a relatively small expense and with relatively unskilled labor and the blank may also be used in schools for teaching certain principles of art to children.

1' claim 2- 1. As an article of manufacture, a partly termed ornamental article comprising a hollow, straight, many-sided body longitrn dinally slitted from opposite ends toward ing coincident with the corners of the manysided body, the extremities of the tongues defined between the cuts being longitudinally slitted at a plurality of points where to provide relatively narrow terminal portions adapted to be bent up to form ornamental finials.

2. A bendable sheet metal blank for the purpose described comprising a medial transversely extending portion, the blank being longitudinally slitted from its ends to said medial portion to form a plurality of integral strips extending in opposite directions from the medial portion and capable of being bent to form legs and arms, the e tremities ot the strips being longitudinally slitted at a plurality of points to form bendable terminals.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses. THEODORE D. ANAGNOSTOPOULOS. Witnesses Fnnonnro B. WRIGHT, Ronnn'r A. BosWnLL.

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